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Tennessee governor signs first-of-its-kind bill restricting drag shows
By Matt Lavietes On March 2, 2023 The measure will prohibit drag performances on public property or at locations in the state where they can be viewed by minors. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a novel bill into law Thursday that will criminalize some drag performances. The first-of-its-kind legislation will ban “adult cabaret entertainment” on public property…
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Labor judge: Starbucks violated worker rights in union fight
By Dee-Ann Durbin On March 1, 2023 A federal labor judge has ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven fired workers after finding that the company violated labor laws “hundreds of times” during a unionization campaign in Buffalo, New York A federal labor judge has ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven fired workers, reopen a shuttered location and stop infringing…
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No One Could Say: Accessing Emergency Obstetrics Information as a Prospective Prenatal Patient in Post-Roe Oklahoma
By Christian De Vos, JD, PhD, PHR director of research and investigations; Michele Heisler, MD, MPA, PHR medical director; William Jaffe, PHR Aizik Wolf Fellow; and Payal Shah, JD, PHR director of the Program on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones; Tamya Cox-Touré, JD, OCRJ chair, and Priya Desai, MSW, OCRJ board member; and Nimra J.…
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Biden Administration Will Fund Program to Keep Covid Vaccines Free for the Uninsured
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Noah Weiland On April 18, 2023 The program, which will include a partnership with pharmacy chains, will help cover the cost of vaccinating patients when the shots move to the commercial market later this year. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to spend more than $1 billion on a new…
Read MoreStroke Mortality Among Black and White Adults Aged ≥35 Years Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2015–2021
By Quanhe Yang, PhD, Xin Tong, MPH, Linda Schieb, MSPH, Fátima Coronado, MD, Robert Merritt, MS On April 21, 2023 Summary What is already known about this topic? Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and a leading cause of long-term disability in the United States. During 1999–2019, non-Hispanic Black or African American (Black)…
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“We Have 30 Extra Years”: A New Way of Thinking About Aging
By Alexander Gelfand On April 27, 2023 People around the world are living, working, and learning longer. Get ready to upgrade your old ideas about longevity. As one of three co-teachers of a Stanford Graduate School of Business course on the rapidly growing importance of older consumers and workers, Rob Chess likes to say that…
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Age discrimination persists among Australian workers despite legal protections, study shows
By Radhika Tamhane On May 4, 2023 Despite legal protections against age discrimination and record-high job vacancies, a significant number of Australian organizations are reluctant to recruit potential employees over the age of 50, a new survey revealed. Nearly one-fifth, or 18%, of Australian HR professionals expressed a complete reluctance or only a limited willingness…
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Over half of self-employed people are over 50 with some workers seeing it as only solution to ‘lack of flexible working opportunities and rampant age discrimination’, study suggests
By Daily Mail Reporter On April 9, 2023 The proportion of self-employed workers aged over 50 has grown year-on-year Almost half of self-employed workers across the UK are over the age of 50, new research suggests. The number of self-employed people aged 50 or more has increased by 18% in the last decade, according to…
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What employers should consider when managing an ageing workforce
By Kelly Evans On April 12, 2023 Kelly Evans outlines the legal considerations for employers in overseeing and retaining an ageing workforce According to the ONS, many over-50s have become economically inactive since the start of the pandemic. In addition, people are living longer and there is a significant skills shortage. As a means of tackling this…
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